Kennewick hosts 9/11 memorial event for Tri-Citians to honor 22nd anniversary
Community members will gather Monday morning to remember those lost in the 9/11 terror attacks.
The city of Kennewick will host a memorial at the Southridge Sports and Events Complex, which is home to a piece of steel from the World Trade Center.
The 35-foot-tall, 6,000-pound steel column was recovered in a joint effort by the city and Lampson International along with the Ports of New York and New Jersey, according to a news release from the city.
It was dedicated on Sept. 11, 2011, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attack.
The ceremony, which begins at 6:30 a.m., marks the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed 3,000 people at the World Trade Centers in New York, the Pentagon and on aircrafts that were highjacked.
The Honor Guard will be made up of members of the Tri-Cities Professional Firefighters Honor Guard and members of the Kennewick Police and Benton County Sheriff’s departments.
The memorial will run throughout the morning, giving community members a chance to participate as they are able to. All events will take place at the memorial. The memorial is located just off of the restaurant and baseball field parking lots on the east side of the complex, at 2901 Southridge Blvd..
Memorial schedule:
- 6:30 a.m. - Presentation of the Colors, National Anthem and posting of the guard
- 7 a.m. - The start of Changing of the Guard every half hour on the half hour.
- 8:46 a.m. - Moment of Silence for AA Flight 11 and the North Tower
- 9:03 a.m. - Moment of Silence for UA Flight 175 and the South Tower
- 9:37 a.m. - Moment of Silence for AA Flight 77 and the Pentagon
- 9:59 a.m. Line-of-Duty Death (LODD) Bell Signal for the collapse of the South Tower and lost emergency responders.
- 10:03 a.m. - Moment of silence for UA Flight 93 – Shanksville, Pennsylvania
- 10:28 a.m. - LODD Bell Signal for the North Tower Collapse and lost emergency responders.
- 10:30 a.m. - Lowering and folding of the flag on the 9/11 memorial followed by the raising of a new flag in remembrance of our countries perseverance following the attack.
- 10:45 - Retirement of the colors and end of the memorial events.
